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Apple's Balance Sheet Math: Does Apple Really Have $203 Billion in Usable Cash on Hand as Widely Reported?

MishTalk

Current Liabilities Cash Much Smaller Than You Think I don't often dive into balance sheets, but did so after reading a Market-Watch opinion by Brett Arends. billion in “off-balance-sheet” liabilities. If “off-balance-sheet” is not included in my totals, then subtract another $31.5 billion and $137.1

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Can an Expense Be Profit?

Martinka Consulting

His primary motivation was he’s burned out and the driving force for the burn out is 2015 was not a good year financially. His balance sheet is a mess. Marketing strategies have to be tried and you have to realize they won’t all work. Sales were down from 2014 and expenses were up. ” John Wanamaker.

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Persistent Overoptimism Three Ways: Truckers, Fed Economists, Manufacturers

MishTalk

A possible explanation for the SEP’s prediction of a rapid catch-up to potential GDP after 2009 is that participants overestimated the efficacy of monetary policy in the aftermath of a so-called balance-sheet recession. Here are the readings for 2015. Month/Year Current Conditions Expected Conditions 1/2015 7.78

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Capital Flight from Italy High and Rising

MishTalk

It is therefore useful to examine the balance of payments of Italy to find out the exact cause of the recent surge of the Target2 liabilities of the Bank of Italia. Data of the balance of Payments have been published until August 2015.

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How to Improve Your Finance Skills (Even If You Hate Numbers)

Harvard Business

After all, if you’re trying to sell a product or strategy, you need to be able to demonstrate that it is both practical and high margin. Here are some strategies to improve your financial intelligence. See More Videos > See More Videos > Tackle the balance sheet. Overcome your fears. Play with numbers.

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Can the Fed Really Print Money? What Would Negative Interest Rates Do?

MishTalk

However, in Hoisington's Third Quarter 2015 Review , economist Lacy Hunt makes the claim the Fed cannot print money. The Fed may try to offset such currency drains, but this would only be achievable by further expanding the Fed’s already massive balance sheet. That strategy cannot possibly work as Japan has proven for decades.

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Seven Charts Explain Why Chicago Bonds Rated Junk

MishTalk

Chart #2: Growing Payments While the current state of the city’s balance sheet is dismal, the real problem relates to what is expected to develop over the next decade. Chicago pension plan payments are expected to double from 2014 to 2015, and will then continue to rise for another decade before they begin to decline.